It's Okay Now

December 23, 2009 I drove home in tears. Six days preceding my 30th birthday and my future as an old maid seemed to be sealed.  Talking to God through tears, I left my heart in his hands and visited my family.

December 26, 2009 as I retraced my road back to Dallas one name came into my head and remained there for an hour… Johan Etsebeth.

December 29, 2009 I turned 30. (eek!)

January 3, 2010 I met up with my long-time friend, Johan, and everything changed.

February 21, 2010 We went on our first date.

… and then … we fell in love… Great love.

October 21, 2010 My South African man of my dreams with a heart for the nations, a passion for Jesus, a compassionate heart and a deep love for me… Asked me to marry him.

On February 11, 2011 we are getting married and I will get to be the wife to my best friend, my favorite person.

How can I possibly convey all that God is doing in my heart? How can I attempt to explain all of the tears I’ve prayed, questions I’ve asked and frustrations I’ve proclaimed prior to my 30th birthday?  How can I ever list out all of the ways that God has completely overwhelmed me with his goodness, grace, faithfulness and steadfastness throughout my time of waiting?  How can I ever explain to you the perfect package that God gave me when He gave me Johan?  How can I explain to you how my heart feels? How my Spirit feels? How my soul feels?

It’s simple. I cannot.  All I can say is that our God is faithful. He hears us when we call to Him. And, He answers.

And we– we simply stand amazed.

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It’s not every day you get to do yoga in a 98 degree room with 60% humidity. It certainly isn’t every day that you get Demetri as your teacher.  Disclaimer: He’s quite possibly the sweetest guy on the planet. However, after 90 minutes of time spent with our sweet Demetri… I’m still not sure what just  happened.

Remember Charlie Brown’s mom and every adult in the cartoon for that matter?  Well, imagine Mama Brown (but a dude), in yoga shorts, and with an Irish accent (or maybe don’t…).  All I can say is it sounded like “dote-dee-doe”… and hold…  “dote-dee-doe” … and hold… If I hadn’t been taking the class for a while, there would be absolutely no way that I would have known what to do.

The Flexible Scottish Man’s Lessons

Lesson #1: You can actually tell someone’s character without them saying a word.

I have no idea what Demetri has ever been saying when he’s spoken to me. However, his character shines. He is warm and kind and you can tell.  Lesson?  Love with your life and your countenance, not just with your words.

Lesson #2: Sometimes you’ll just know what to do.

Once you’ve been in yoga for awhile, you know what the next move is.  Sometimes when I’m asking God direction on an issue, I’m not sure what the next step is for me to take.  However, I’ve been in class for awhile listening to the best Instructor, so I trust that when the time comes for me to get into position, I’ll know what to do.

Thanks Demetri… Both for the lessons and for not wearing the stretchy shorts today.

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